Nancy Tobin is a sound artist and designer for theatre productions. Her collaborations have been presented in Canada and internationally for nearly twenty­five years. Amongst others, she has worked with directors Denis Marleau (Les Aveugles, Quelqu’un va venir, Intérieur, Les Reines, Othello) and François Girard (Le Procès, Novecento). She also has collaborated with choreographer Danièle Desnoyers (Concerto Grosso pour corps et instruments, Duos pour corps et instruments).

Nancy Tobin specializes in vocal amplification specifically for theatre and has developed a unique style using unusual audio speakers to transform the sound qualities of her creations. She regularly speaks about her work in conferences in Canada, the United States and Europe. She teaches sound design at UQAM’s École supérieure de théâtre.

Trevor Schwellnus is a scenographer, designing sets, lighting, and video with Independent theatre companies in Toronto. He is also Artistic Producer of Aluna Theatre, where he directed and designed What I learned from a decade of fear and Nohayquiensepa, and he designed Blood Wedding, La Comunión, Madre, and For Sale. He produces the panamerican ROUTES | RUTAS panamericanas International Festival of Performance for Human Rights, and in 2013 he curated Harbourfront’s HATCH series of emerging performance.

Other collaborators include Modern Times (The Sheep and the Whale, Waiting for Godot, Hallaj), Obsidian Theatre (Shakespeare’s Nigga, Born Ready / Pusha Man), Ame Henderson (/dance/songs/, 300 Tapes, Relay), Unpsun Theatre (Minotaur, The Speedy), Small Wooden Shoe (Dedicated to the Revolutions, Antigone Dead People), Evan Webber and Frank Cox­O’Connell (Ajax & Little Iliad), The Theatre Centre, Jumblies, Fixtpoint, Buddies in Bad Times, Independent Aunties, Liza Balkan, Susie Burpee, Marie­Josée Chartier, and others. He has 5 Dora Awards from 14 nominations.

Michelle Ramsay is an award-winning lighting designer who has created designs for dance, theatre, and opera companies across Canada and around the world. The evolution of Michelle’s unique aesthetic can be seen throughout her 20-year career on the spectrum between small, independent shows and large-scale productions.

Selected designs: acts of faith, Lady Sunrise (Factory Theatre); Sherlock Holmes and the Raven’s Curse, The Russian Play (Shaw Festival); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Our Town (Theatre Rusticle); Broken Tailbone (Nightswimming); Shanawdihit (Tapestry Opera); Lilies (lemonTree Creations/Why Not); School Girls(Obsidian/Nightwood); The Royale(Soulpepper); Daughter (Quiptake/Pandemic); The Magic Hour – co-designed with Jennifer Tipton (Jess Dobkin).

Michelle has also been a coach and mentor at the National Theatre School, X University, and Humber College. She is co-founder of the Designer’s Guild (a national social media discussion group) and on the Board of the Associated Designers of Canada.

After graduating from a Theatre Arts programme, Linda Brunelle has created costumes for theatre, opera, dance and the universe of circus. Through an interdisciplinary approach which combines theatre, performance and visual arts.

Linda explores the symbolic discourse of the body in space and the potential of expression of matter by itself, as well as the form it might take. She has honed her skills with the greatest names in Québécois, Canadian and European theatre. She had the privilege of representing Québec at the exhibits of the Quadriennale de Prague in1999, 2007 and 2019 as well as at the A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre in Moscow: “Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015“. She teaches costume design at the National Theatre School of Canada and at the École supérieure de théâtre of the Université du Québec in Montréal.

Bretta Gerecke is a set, costume and lighting designer who is based in Edmonton and London and works internationally. She is the resident designer at Catalyst Theatre where she has designed 16 world premieres which have toured globally including New York, London, Edinburgh and Toronto. Some recent productions include: Allavita (Cirque du Soleil) The Diary of Anne Frank (Stratford Festival), Alice Through the Looking Glass (Stratford Festival), The Magic Flute (Edmonton Opera) and Elephant Wake(Catalyst Theatre).

She is the recipient of over twenty five awards for Set, Lighting and Costume Design; The Enbridge Award for Best Emerging Artist; The Global Women of Vision Award; and Edmonton’s Top 40 Under 40. She has recently illustrated her first children’s book, and she is representing Canada this year in Prague at the Scenography Quadrennial and in Moscow for the exhibit Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990–2015. Bretta designed a summer home on Devil’s Lake, Alberta, is a marathon runner and continues her work as an Archaeological Illustrator. She has a Bachelor degree in Interior Design and a Masters degree in Fine Arts Theatre Design.